Developers will now be responsible for dealing with noise issues from nearby music venues – but it will take real community activism to prevent closures.

Thousands of co-housing projects in cities around the world have shown how people can get together to create diverse homes that suit them and their community – this one is in Portland, Oregon.
Kevin Turner/flickrDecember 26, 2017

As Hurricane Harvey shows, flooding can happen wherever large storms stall and dumps lots of rain. A new study finds that development is increasing in flood zones inland, where people may not think they are at risk.

Much of what is being built is straightforward ‘investor grade product’ – flats built to attract the burgeoning investment market.
Bill RandolphAugust 22, 2017

More than 50 million birds, mammals and reptiles are thought to be killed each year in New South Wales and Queensland by the removal of native vegetation, and planning laws are failing to protect them.